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BALING PRESS.

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"rrnnfr OFFICES TIIADEUS A. GOODVYN, F MADILL, INDIAN TERRITORY, ANDPHILLIP E. STOVALL, OF WAXAHACI-IIE, TEXAS.

BALING-'PRESx SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 707,917,dated August 26, 1902.

Application filed January 29, 1902. Serial No. 91.702. (No model.)

To all when?, t may concern:

Be it known that we, THADEUS A. GOOD- WYN, residing at Madill, ChickasawNation, Indian Territory, and PHILLIP E. SrovALL,

residing at l/Vaxahachie, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas,citizens of the United States, have invented a new and ImprovedEaling-Press, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

ro This invention relates to a press designed particularly for balinghay, but used, of course, in connection with other materials. Itcomprises three rollers working the material between them to form around bale, these rollers being arranged in connection with certainpeculiar mechanism for discharging the bale and for otherwisecontrolling the action of the various parts.

This specification is a specific description zo of one form of theinvention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

, in which similar characters of reference indiz 5 cate correspondingparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevational view showing Vthe parts indischarging position, and Fig. 4 isa 3o plan View.

The press is mounted on a base 10, which itself is sustained on axles 11and 12, the latter axle being the front axle an d having draft mechanism14 attached.

5 5 15 indicates the wheels on which the axles are mounted, so that byhitching the team to the draft mechanism14 the apparatus may be drawnfrom place to place.

The framing of the press comprises two 4o side walls 16, built up of anysuitable structure and held rigidly with respect to each other by thebase 10, or by any other means desired.

17, 18, and 19 indicate the three balingrolls. The rolls 17 and 18 aremounted in stationary bearings supported by the side walls 16 of theframe, and the roll 19 has its journals extended through openings 16 inthe side walls 16 and mounted in the slots 20LL and 21a of the swingingbeams or levers 20 5o and 21. These beams 2O and 21 are each two innumber, located one at each side of the frame and forming crossingpairs. (See Figs.

1 and 3.) The beams 20 are fulcrumed at the points 20h, and the beams 2lare f ulcrumed at the points 2lb. 55

22 indicates retractile springs, which are connected to the carriage 10and to extensionhooks 23 on the ends of the beams 20, these springs 22serving to hold the beams 2O down.

The beams are, however, free to swing up- 6o ward to the position shownin Fig. 3 against the action of the springs 22.

24 indicates bulfer springs, which are mounted in the front portions ofthe framing of the side walls 16 and which operate to re- 65 duce theshock of the beams 2O as they return to the starting position under theaction of the springs 22, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

As the material baled is rolled in between 7o the rollers 17, 1S, and 19and these rollers act continuously thereon in direction of the arrowsshown in Fig. 2 the bale will increase in size and the roller 19 willrise, its journals traveling in the slots 21a in the beams 21. 75 Thesebeams being held perpendicularly by mechanism which will be hereinafterdescribed, the beams 2O will swing upward against the springs 22.V Thesesprings will exercise the necessary tension on the bale, 8o causingit tobe rolled tightly into form. Reference to Fig..2 will show a beam 24,which runs transversely across the framing of the v press between therollers 17 and 18 and which carries a number of fingers 25, theseiingers lying in the grooves in the periphery of the roller 17. All ofthe rollers are peripherally grooved, as best shown in Fig. 4, to enablethem to more effectively engage the material baled, and the fingers 25tend toprevent the 9o material from adhering to the roller 17.

26 indicates fingers similar in function to the fingers 25,'theseiingers 26 bearing in the grooves of the roller 19. The lingers 26 arecarried in a rock-shaft 27, extending across the frame parts 16, andthis shaft 27 (see Fig.

1) is provided at its outer ends with arms 28, engaged by springs 29,which keep the finf gers 26, engaged with the roller 19, at the propertension.

The journals of the rollers :oo

17, 18, and 19 are provided with sprocketwheels 30, driven in the properdirection and at the proper speed by a sprocket-chain 31;

32 indicates the driving-belt for transmitting power to the machine,which belt may be connected with any suitable element thereof--forexample, with the axis of the roll 17. (See Fig. 1.)

33 indicates a tightener-sheave, which engages the sprocket-chain 31 tochange its direction, causing it to make proper connection with thesprocket-wheel 30 of the roller 19, or, in other words, to hold a partof the chain parallel with the direction in which said roller moveslaterally of its axis. This sheave 33 is held by an arm 34, pivoted tothe frame-section 16. Preferably the gearing shown in Fig. lisduplicated at the other side of the machine, (see Fig. 4,) although thisis obviously not essential to the principle of our invention.

35 indicates a feed-apron, which is mounted on a suitable frame 36 andwhich feeds the material baled into the machine, as shown in Fig. 2.This feed-apron is connected by a sprocket-chain 37 with the roller 17or with any other mobile part of the apparatus.

The beams 2l are provided at their upper ends with toothed sectors 38,and these sectors are in mesh, respectively, with pinions 39, looselymounted on a shaft 40, extending across the top of the machine. (SeeFig. 4.) Fastened to the ends of the shaft 40 are sprocket-wheels 41,over which the chains 31 pass, so as to drive the sprocket-wheels andthe shaft 40. Connected with the loose pinions 39 are clutch members 42,and these clutch members work with clutch members 43, splined on theshaft 40. "When the parts 42 and 43 are engaged, the pinions 39 will bedriven with the shaft 40. The clutch members 43 are connected withlevers 44, mounted, respectively. on the tops of the side portions 16 ofthe frame, through the medium of which levers the clutch members arethrown into active position.

44 indicates springs which hold the levers 44 yieldingly in the positionshown in Fig. 4.

45 indicates bell -crank levers connected with the levers 44 and adaptedto be struck by the extension-hooks 23 of the beams 2O when said beamsare raised to the position shown in Fig. 3. As the operation of themachine goes on and the size of the bale increases, the beams 2O will besteadily raised with the roller 19, and nally the bell-crank levers 45Will be struck by the extension-hooks and the levers 44 thrown to engagethe clutch members 43 with the clutch members 42. This will cause thegears 39 to turn, and these gears will throw the beams 2l to the left,(see Fig. 1,) moving them from the perpendicular position shown in saidview to the backward inclined position shown in Fig. 3. This action ofthe beams 2l will throw backward the roll19 and cause said roll to pushor to kick, so to speak, the bale off of the rolls 17 and 18 and cause'the bale to be ejected from the front end ofthe machine. The ingers 26are by the action of the bale thrown against the spring 29 to the rightin Fig. 2, and the bale rolls out over the fingers. As soon as the balepasses from under the roll 19 this roll and the beams 20 will bedeprived of their support, and they will respond to the action of thesprings 22 and return quickly to the position shown in Fig. 1, thesprings 24 serving to stop this return movement. The point at which thebeams 2O are fulcrumed on the frame may be regulated so as to regulatethe size of the bale, and other adjustments may obviously be resorted tofor this and other purposes. The bale formed by the machine will be verycompact, and the operation may be performed with less expenditure ofpower and labor than` in presses of the reciprocal form. The apparatusmay be so light in construction that it may be readily mounted on thecarriage, as A shown, and thus conveyed from point to point with ease.

Various changes in the form and details of our invention may be resortedto at will without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention.Hence we consider ourselves entitled to all forms of the invention asmaylie within the intent of our claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A baling-press,having three baling-rolls,two of which are mounted in stationary bearings and the third of whichis movable toward and from the center of the bale to accommodate theincreasing size thereof, `a swinging beam engaged with the axis of thethird roll to press the same inward toward the bale, means for actuatingthe beam, and gearing for uninterruptedly driving the rolls.

2. A baling-press, comprising a roll working against the bale, twolongitudinally-slotted levers receiving the journals of the roll in theslot thereof, whereby to allow the roll transverse movementlongitudinally of the levers, for the purpose specified, and meanspressing against the lever to hold the roll in operative position.

3. Abaling-press, comprisingaroll adapted to press against a bale,crossing levers having sliding connection with the axis of the roll,means pressing on one lever to hold the roll in operative position, andmeans for throwing the other lever sidewise to release the bale.

4. Abaling-press, comprisingarolladapted to press againstabale, crossinglevers having sliding connection with the axis of the roll, meanspressing on one lever to hold the roll in operative position, and meansfor throwing the other lever sidewise to release the bale, said meanscomprising a toothed sector on the lever, a pinion meshed therewith, andmeans for throwing the pinion into and out of action.

5. Abaling-press, comprisingarolladapted to press against a bale,crossing levers having IOO IIO

sliding connection with the axis of the roll, means pressing on onelever to hold the roll in operative position, means for throwing theother lever sidewise to release the bale, said means comprising atoothed sector on thel lever, a pinion meshed therewith, and means forthrowingthe pinion into and outof action, said means for throwing thepinion into and out of action being in the path of movement of the firstnamed lever, to be actuated thereby.

6. A baling-press, comprising a roller bearing on the bale, crossinglevers each having sliding connection with the axis of the roller, meansbearing on one lever to press the roller into operative position, meansfor throwing the other lever sidewise for the purpose speciiied, andoperating devices for said other lever, the operating devices beingarranged in the path of the first-named lever to be actuated thereby.

7. A baling-press, having a roll adapted to bear on a bale, crossinglevers each having sliding connection with the roll, means bearing onone lever to hold the roll against the bale, and means for removablyholding the other lever in fixed position.

8. A baling-press, comprising three rolls, two of which are mounted inrelatively stationary bearings, crossing levers having slidingconnection with the third roll, means bearing on one lever to hold saidroll against the bale, and means for removably holding the second leverin fixed position.

9. A baling-press, comprising a roll adapted to bear against a bale, twomembers movable in crossing lines, said members having connection withthe axis of the roll, means for pressing one member to hold the roll inoperative position, and means for throwing the other member sidewise torelease the bale.

In testimony whereof I, the above-named THADEUS A. GooDwYN,have signedmy name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses, at Madill, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.

THADEUS A. GOODWYN.

county, Texas.

PI-IILLIP E. STOVALL. Vitnesses:

E. M. THRAsH, A. A. FERN.

